statement of responsibility: par Salomon de Caus, ingenieur et architecte de son altesse palatine electorale

The general t.p. and special t.p. of livre 2 are illustrated and engraved

Collation: livre 1: [4], 44 leaves; livre 2: [2], 20 leaves; livre 3: [1], 9 leaves, [2] folded leaves of plates

The numbering of leaf 23 in livre 1 is repeated, but with a different text

Special t.p. for livre 2 reads: Liure second ou sont desseignées plusieurs grotes et fontaines propres pour l'ornement des palais, maisons de plaisances et jardins, par Salomon de Caus

Special t.p. for livre 3 reads: Liure troisiesme traitant de la fabrique des orgues, par Salomon de Caus, ingenieur

The double plate at the end of the volume is counted as [2] leaves of plates

Head- and tail-pieces; initials; side-notes; leaves are printed on both sides

Errata on verso of final leaf

action: Fountains - Splash and Spectacle TJ144.C37 1615 RB NMAH ; "bk 2 problem 2" 1998/06/08 through 1998/10/11 William E. Baxter Cooper Hewitt Stephen Van Dyk

action: Fountains - Spash and Spectacle TJ144.C37 1615 CHMRB ; plate xv 1998/06/08 through 1998/10/11 William E. Baxter Cooper Hewitt Stephen Van Dyk

Fountains - Splash and Spectacle

Fountains - Spash and Spectacle

Dibner Library copy (no. 39088006098800) has leaf 8 bound in following leaf 9 in livre 2; also, two versions of leaf 14, with differing text on verso, appear in livre 2

Dibner Library copy has had ms. corrections made to the numbering of leaves 1-3, 5-7 in livre 3

Dibner Library copy has an old ms. in ink ([1] p.) inserted at the front of the volume, with the title, "Origine des machines à vapeur", attributed in a pencilled note to V. Levine, Les mysteries de travail, 1847

Dibner Library copy has bookplates: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner; Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Maria L. Nugent in recognition of her service to the Libraries, 1974-1989

Dibner Library copy has a modern binding of quarter-vellum over light-colored speckled paper boards; gilt-lettered black leather spine label; red edges; in portfolio with typed spine label. Restoration and binding done by Maria Nugent of the SIL Book Conservation Laboratory

Cooper-Hewitt [i.e. Bradley Room] Library copy (no. 39088008194136) has the [2] folded leaves of plates misbound at the end of livre 1; also, a second copy of leaf 11 is bound in between leaves 15 and 16 in livre 1

Cooper-Hewitt Library copy has a description of this book, typed on letterhead stationery from Müller & Gräff Buchhandlung und Antiquariat, Stuttgart, laid in

Cooper-Hewitt Library copy is bound in old blind-ruled full vellum over paper boards, with the title inked on the spine

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews